THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC 



that of warm personal friendship, but the news of the 

 measure of success we had achieved had been pubHshed 

 in London, and flashed back to the southern countries, 

 and we were met out in the harbour and on the wharves 

 by cheering crowds. Enthusiastic friends boarded the 

 Nimrod almost as soon as she entered the heads, and 

 when our little vessel came alongside the quay the 

 crowd on deck became so great that movement was 

 almost impossible. Then I was handed great bundles 

 of letters and cablegrams. The loved ones at home 

 were well, the world was pleased with our work, and it 

 seemed as though nothing but happiness could ever enter 

 life again. 



